A fast-growing health business in Manchester has announced its sixth opening in less than a year.

Physiotherapy chain True Physio opened its first outlet in February 2018.

Andy Byrne, aged 36, set up his first clinic in Sale and is marking the firm’s first anniversary with a significant move into Manchester city centre.

True Physio has announced a new venture with Pall Mall Medical on King’s Street where it will place a full time therapist on site under the company banner.

The latest expansion brings the total number of treatment rooms to 18 with the firm on track to deliver 10,000 treatments in 2019.

Business Angel Shaz Sulaman is backing the True Physio brand

With ambitions to be the leading physio chain in the region Andy has partnered with business angel Shaz Sulaman.

Shaz has helmed a number of private investment firms and as sales director took former retailer Phones 4u from 80 to 350 stores. He has also set out plans to launch a physio-led gym brand.

The firm intends to measure its success by the results it gets for patients not the number of clinics they grow to. The duo will focus on prevention and minimising recurrence for patients believing this is the best way to boost the clinics’ reputation.

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The investor said: "I have been involved in many businesses and am accustomed to rapid growth. I know that as long as you are the best at what you do, success will follow.

"Back that up by being the first-to-innovate and customers will want to try you out. Andy has the perfect approach to apply these principles across True Physio and take the business to the next level, including brand extension into gym sites.”

Acquiring independents has fuelled the rapid growth of the portfolio that spans the North West including Manchester and Lancashire.

True Physio sets up a base in Pall Mall

Andy believes that his unique business model brings benefits to the clinics that are now trading as True Physio, underpinned by the high rate of resolving customer problems.

He explains: "Our business model moves away from relying on personal injury referrals via insurance companies. To sustain a clinic purely on insurance work, less experienced therapists have to be used.

"We directly employ only experienced physiotherapists and the basis of our consultancy is empowering the patient. We give back control to customers when many start off thinking there is no light at the end of the tunnel.”